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ISS Expedition One Crew Mission Logs Available

Posted by michael on from the not-everybody-gets-to-hammer-on-$1.4B-of-hardware dept.

automandc writes "NASA has posted the Mission Logs kept by Commander William Shepard (slightly redacted). Among other interesting things is an insider's view of the computing infrastructure of the station. (For instance, he complains of running out of 'laptop desks' because they have 9 laptops running and want to add two more). He asks for a Windows boot CD, and gripes about a russian Cosmonaut's familiarity with "that other" OS. All in all, a very interesting read for ISS buffs. (Note, they are in reverse chronological order)."

9 comments

  1. Redacted Material by Catmeat · · Score: 1

    I wonder if that's what they call the edited out
    cuss words?

  2. Wow by [PF]+Lurch · · Score: 1

    I just got done reading the whole thing. Wow.

    There were some humorous comments. I liked the choice of movies, including watching Dr. Strangelove with the Russians there.

  3. They use Symantec Ghost by Chairboy · · Score: 2

    In the logs they talk about restoring a boot partition using Symantec Ghost. Sweet. First NAV and NU are used in orbit, now Ghost. Peter Norton is astronaut by proxy, yee haw!

  4. the BFH tool strikes again! by MousePotato · · Score: 1

    So we go for the hammer and drive it out. (not everybody gets to hammer on $1.4B of hardware). Sweet. I thought I was a bad ass taking a hammer to an Apollo mini in the 80's but this easily tops that. A liitle help in the right place from a BigFrigginHammer always does the trick. Joy.

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    Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time on Cold Calling.
    1. Re:the BFH tool strikes again! by __aakpxi9117 · · Score: 1

      Let me know when duct tape comes into play and I'll feel right at home on that space station...

  5. Re:NT by micromoog · · Score: 1
    Saved for posterity!

    Hardware problems can cause network failure! Imagine that.

    And you didn't even get first post, you dumb cock.

  6. Excellent! by AFCArchvile · · Score: 1
    Now I can see what they watched with those 5 cracked Sony DVD players.

    "Houston, we don't have a region problem!"

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    "Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world." --U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, speaking to the FCC's lawyer
  7. NT by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 1

    about 2200, we were reconfiguring some mail files which, with a lot of help from Windows NT, got put in the wrong place during the backup procedure. When we finished restoring the files, the network was down and would not come back up. We worked this for several hours. Finally, jiggling some cables brings just a part of the net back. (that really instills confidence in the stability of your network).

    Saved for posterity!

    Dancin Santa

  8. Warp core by cavemanf16 · · Score: 1
    Sergei is also inputting new parameters for Plasma Crystal. The experiment is going great from our end. We are definitely seeing some unexpected results and the science team in Moscow is really excited.

    So the warp core will be ready to be sent up by mid-September, right?